GC Golfers swing into season

COLFAX — It took a few extra weeks but the Glenwood City Golf team was finally able to tee off on its the 2018 campaign.

The Hilltoppers opened their regular season and the Dunn-St. Croix conference schedule with a 6-team meet at Whitetail Golf Course last Monday, April 23 where the local linksmen finished fourth.

Senior Collin Schone posted the low score for the Glenwood City squad, carding 47 strokes in the nine-hole meet. Schone was the only Topper to finish with a sub-50 score as he finished in a tie for ninth on the individual leader board.

Ethan Hanson, who tied for 14th, shot for a 52, Will Owen tallied a 56, Dillon Hierlmeier finished with a 59 and Emma Scholler signed off on a score of 61.

Spring Valley edged Durand by a single stroke – 180 to 181 – to take first place in the meet. Mondovi was a distant third at 198 followed by Glenwood City (214), Elk Mound (226) and Colfax (256).

Durand’s Julia Hayden shot a 41 to take medalist honors while Tyler Leach of Spring Valley finished second with 43 strokes.

The schedules is a busy one for the Hilltoppers this coming week with four matches in eight days. Glenwood City traveled Monday to Mondovi and returned home to Glen Hills Golf Course on Tuesday. The team will then head to Spring Valley Thursday before trekking south to Durand’s Rolling Green Golf Course next Monday, May 7. All four events are conference meets.

TEAM SCORES: 1. Spring Valley 180, 2. Durand 181, 3. Mondovi 198, 4. Glenwood City 214, 5. Elk Mound 226, 6. Colfax 256